History & local legend
Limerick Generating Station in Montgomery County has a ghost story attached to Unit 2. According to the account, a construction worker fell down an open elevator shaft and died. His figure was later seen on the level from which he had fallen, accompanied by cold patches in the normally warm building.
The station’s cooling towers also serve as a landmark in reports of unusual objects in the sky. On August 20, 2000, a witness watching from a hill in Berks County, about six miles away, reported a silent disk apparently passing above the plant. Through binoculars it looked glassy, with blue, white, red and orange lights across its middle. The witness followed it until it left the field of view.
On December 9, 2022, another observer reported a low, silent triangular object near the station. Three dim orange lights marked its underside as it changed course from south to west. Both witnesses submitted their experiences to the National UFO Reporting Center.
Sources
- The Shadowlands, Pennsylvania, Limerick Power Generating Plant, specific Unit 2 ghost legend
- Thomas P. Gotzis, former construction manager, Project Management Institute, history of the Unit 2 project
- NUFORC report 13864, witness submission August 21, 2000
- NUFORC report 173352, witness submission December 9, 2022
- Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency, Limerick station location
